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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Thank you
for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKTS 14, with which you’re about to begin
many years of listening enjoyment. The
HKTS 14 has been custom-designed to
provide all the excitement and power of the
cinema experience in your own living room.
While sophisticated electronics and state-of-
the-art speaker components are hard at
work within the HKTS 14, hookup and
operation are simple. Color-keyed cables
and connections and simple controls make
the HKTS 14 easy to use.
To obtain maximum enjoyment from your
new home theater speaker system, we urge
you to take a few minutes to read through
this manual. This will ensure that connec-
tions to your receiver or preamp/processor
and amplifier or other external devices are
made properly. In addition, a few minutes
spent learning the functions of the various
controls will enable you to take advantage
of all the power and refinement the HKTS 14
is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this prod-
uct, its installation or operation, please con-
tact your dealer, the best local source of
information.
Description and Features
The HKTS 14 is a six-piece home theater
speaker system that includes a 12-inch,
200-watt, bass-reflex powered subwoofer;
four identical, 2-way, dual-midrange
satellite speakers for use in the left and
right front and rear speaker positions; a
voice-matched, dedicated, dual-driver
center speaker; shelf stands and wall-mount
brackets for the four satellites; and all of
the speaker cables you need to connect
your speakers to your receiver or preamp/
processor and amplifier. The speaker cables
and speakers all use a color-coding system
to conform to the CEA standard. The color-
coding system minimizes confusion, espe-
cially when the HKTS 14 system is used
with a Harman Kardon receiver.
The HKTS 14 subwoofer is easy to connect
to your system, since it’s equipped with a
special subwoofer input for use with equip-
ment that has a dedicated subwoofer con-
nection that carries a low-frequency output.
It also includes stereo speaker-level inputs
and outputs for connection to older
receivers and processors that do not have a
line-level subwoofer output. Other conve-
niences include a level control, high-cut
(low-pass) filter switch and phase switch for
fine-tuning bass response to suit your listen-
ing environment and taste, and an efficient
switching system that senses the presence
of an audio signal and automatically
switches the unit from Standby mode to
Active mode.
Shelf stands and wall-mount brackets are
included for the satellite speakers, and
optional HTFS 2 floor stands are available
separately from your Harman Kardon dealer.
Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity
receiver fifty years ago. With state-of-the-art
features and time-honored circuit designs,
the HKTS 14 is a perfect complement to
a Harman Kardon receiver or any home
theater system.
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Complete home theater speaker
system
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Identical dual-midrange configura-
tion for satellites and center provides
seamless pans
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Speakers are magnetically shielded
for placement near video monitors
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Fully color-coded cables and con-
nections simplify setup
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Both line- and speaker-level inputs
for use with most audio components
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Subwoofer input offers superior-
quality bass reproduction when used
with any digital audio system that
incorporates bass management or
programmable crossovers
One 15' RCA cable for connection to
subwoofer (purple)
Three 20' speaker cables for connection to front
satellites (red and white) and to center
speaker (green)
Included
One powered subwoofer
Four satellites for left, right and surrounds, with
color-key stickers, mounted on shelf stands
One center
channel speaker
Four wall-mount brackets
Two 40' speaker cables for connection from
receiver to rear satellites (gray and blue)
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